October 2014 – reclining standards

Month: October 2014

DF Previews Soprano Kathleen Battle (Verizon Hall / Kimmel Center — 24 October 2014)

Make no mistake about it: A performance by Kathleen Battle is An Event. Anyone interested in hearing great music – and experiencing […]

Good things come to those who wait. Slow cooking yields the best flavor. You might want to keep these aphorisms in mind […]

To review or not to review? That was my question as we divided up the schedule for City Paper. In the yes […]

Feminism. Post Feminism. Raunch Feminism. The complex, on-going evolution of the women’s movement – and its effect on living, breathing females – […]

Of the many things I love about the theater, near the top is this – shows almost never turn out to be exactly […]

Growing up in a theatre family – a Jewish theatre family – I accepted on faith that George S. Kaufman and Moss […]

Sometimes – there’s God – so quickly! Sometimes – there isn’t. In the summer of 1974, I saw A Streetcar Named Desire […]

Periodically, I try to spend time rediscovering an artist – composer, lyricist, playwright, performer – who I think I may not have […]

In 1816, Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia survived a disastrous premiere to become one of the most beloved works in the repertoire […]

Sometimes, it’s all about the cast. That’s been the story from the start for Andrew Lippa, Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice’s The […]